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Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympics

Every time the Olympics come around, it seems there’s a different disease stalking the event. At Rio...

Komodo dragon teeth get their strength from an iron coat

Komodo dragon teeth are ironclad. Literally. The serrated edges and tips of the reptiles’ razor-sharp chompers...

A new algae-based menstrual pad could stop leaks

Menstruation can be messy and uncomfortable, often due to leaky pads, tampons and cups. A new alginate-based...

Moonquakes are much more common than thought, Apollo data suggest

A new look at decades-old data from the Apollo missions has uncovered evidence of tens of thousands...

No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Plane

At a recent rally, Donald Trump stated that electric planes would be a bad idea because you...

The North Star is much heavier than previously thought

The star marking true north is a good deal heavier than we thought. The North Star is...

Dark matter experiments get a first peek at the ‘neutrino fog’ 

The neutrino “fog” is beginning to materialize. Lightweight subatomic particles called neutrinos have begun elbowing their way...

Anthony Fauci Worries About the Next Pandemic—But Worries More About Democracy

Bound in a book, Anthony Fauci is finally unbound. For 54 years, the nation’s leading pandemic expert...

Polluted Lakes Are Being Cleansed Using Floating Wetlands Made of Trash

On the banks of Nagdaha, a polluted and lotus-infested lake in Nepal, Soni Pradhanang is putting trash...

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

Off the southwest tip of Iceland, you’ll find what’s often called a “marginal” body of water. This...

The Mysterious Discovery of ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor

This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.For more than 10 years,...

Sepsis tests take days, putting patients at risk. A new method may cut wait time

When bloodstream infections set in, fast treatment is crucial — but it can take several days to...
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